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August, 2014
PART TWO...
At Our Hygiene Homestead
in The Woods, 3 Best Friends Enjoy
"A 3-Week Pajama Party"
While They Take Their First Fasts
on Their Ways to Getting...
AS GOOD
AS IT GETS!
VICTORIA'S NOTE REPEATED FROM YESTERDAY BEFORE PATTY FINCH SHARES HERE STORY: Diane Emslie is from Utah. She contacted me in May,
2014, and made her 3-week reservation for mid-August at Our Hygiene
Homestead in The Woods. Then, she rounded up her friend Patty Finch in
Montana to accompany her. And finally, several weeks later, she enrolled
her Utah friend Twila Shipley to join them! The 3 settled into the
"takes 2" Critters' Forest by laying out 1 more bed in the form of the
foam-cushioned BodySlant. There, The 3 Best-Friend Ladies enjoyed "A
3-Week Pajama Party!" -- but without the feather pillow fights and the
duck down flying in the air! Still babying my knees until they are fully
healed, I only went up to The Critters' Forest once to see the lay of
their land with 1 more bed brought in. Each lady had a definite space to
call her own. It was adorable, how they separated up the room. I had
impressed these 3 Best Friends with the importance of Energy Enhancers
#4 -- Rest & Sleep, and I was concerned that their arrangement would
turn into a true party of fun and games rather than a time of true Rest
& Sleep. BUT THEY HAD TAKEN ME SERIOUSLY! THEY DID SO GOOD! Each had
their own agenda for coming to The Guesthouse. And so, at this Pajama
Party, Rest & Sleep was the law! Their Seventh Day Adventist
teachings and daily study hour had well-prepared them for a time of
obedience to God's laws and to Natural Hygiene's 10 Energy Enhancers and
to The Natural, Physiological Laws of Life. It was a visit made in
Heaven!
At Our
Hygiene Homestead
in The
Woods, We Live & Learn
The 10 Energy Enhancers!
1. Detoxification & Cleanliness
2. Pure
Air
3. Pure
Water
4. Adequate Rest & Sleep
5. The
Live-Food Diet
6. Right
Temperatures
7.
Regular Sunbaths
8.
Regular Exercise
9.
Emotional Balance
10.
Nurturing Relationships
PATTY PRIORITIZES HER LIFE WHILE AT OUR HYGIENE HOMESTEAD WITH ENERGY
ENHANCERS #4 -- REST & SLEEP -- HIGH ON THE LIST OF PRIORITIES: Mary,
our friend who lives hardly 30 miles from Victoria picked Diane, Twila,
and me up at the airport in Seattle and delivered us into Victoria's
hands in Concrete, Washington. We 4 ladies walked up the stepping stones
to "Victoria's Workhouse." She came out to greet us with smiles and
hugs and then proceeded to memorize our names. We then got to meet
HighJoy. He is quite the character! Couldn't help but put smiles on our
faces! After a short visit, we 4 followed Victoria in her Bronco II to
The GetWell Homestead Health Retreat where Mary would drop us off and
Diane and Twila and I would spend our next 21 days at, as Victoria
called it, "Your Pajama Party!" I drank "Victoria's Green Cocktail"
because I had been on a high blood pressure medication for some time and
decided to wean myself off so that I could do a what Victoria calls a
"Correct Natural Hygiene Fast." I was on the Green Cocktail for 4 days
and then went on my first "water-only fast." The experience here has
completely changed most of my agendas for when I go home.
VICTORIA'S NOTE: Patty showed up as a relatively well-educated woman by
the time she got to Our Hygiene Homestead -- compared to
those who come brand-new to Natural Hygiene and live-foods. She was a
nurse, for one thing. And she had read The Live Food Factor. Then, she
had recently purchased "OUR EASY PICKIN'S PACKAGE #2" at www.thehealthseekersyearbook.com. It was loaded with so much material! And Patty had started to work her way through it weeks before she arrived here.
OUR EASY PICKIN'S PACKAGE #2...
THE ALL-HARD-COPY PACKAGE #2 FOR $130: 2 BOOKS in 1 -- THE HEALTH
SEEKERS' YEARBOOK WITH THE BEST OF COMMON HEALTH SENSE ($55) + ALL THESE
ACCOMPANYING CORRECT NATURAL HYGIENE MATERIALS:
Common Health Sense, Volume I, Issues 1 & 2 ($35) + Dr. Shelton's
Superior Nutrition ($13) + Cookery Crookery ($3) + Second-Hand Foods
($5) + Food Combining Made Easy ($5) + Ralph Rashig's The Food Combining
Wheel ($10) + Victoria BidWell's GetWellHStayWell Affirmations for
Americans! ($14) + The Fruit & Vegetable Lovers' Calorie Guide ($3) +
Dr. GetWell's Book of Nursery Rhymes ($14) + Dr. Goldhamer's Simply
Good -- 125 Recipes & More ($8) + Dr. Cinque's Quit for Good -- How to
Break a Bad Habit ($10) + T. C. Fry's Self Assessment Questionnaire
($10) + The Happy Truth about Protein ($5) + Your Key to Dynamic Health
DVD Movie ($13) + Jack Dunn Trop's LIFE'S GREATEST ADVENTURE! DVD Movie
($20) + Shipping ($25) -- A $235 VALUE FOR $135!
Still, even with all this education under her belt, Patty had let
herself get so tired-out-&-worn-out looking that I feared for her
life. Plus, she was so fair-skinned that she had no color at all. This
contributed to her haggard look that engendered my further concern. Just
looking at her with a first glance, I knew she could be having NO FUN
AT ALL! First off, I gave her a long and most serious talk that could
have well been named: "IT'S ALL ABOUT ENERGY!" Or: "START GETTING YOUR
ENERGY BACK NOW -- OR -- PREPARE TO MEET YOUR MAKER!" This became "Patty's
Theme" for the rest of her visit here. I knew she would get so much
rest and so much detox that she would go home a transformed woman --
rested and happy and with the energy to have FUN! But I also knew that
unless she changed her ways the day she got home, it would be a short
trip back to tired-out-&-worn-out and so haggard-looking. Patty's
biggest challenge, that is, would not be getting through her fast and
breaking it here. Patty's biggest challenge would be getting through her
old patterns and breaking them there. Our several private consultations
centered around the importance of rearranging her daily habits back in
Montana so she could get MORE REST & SLEEP THAN EVER!
Patty had not weaned herself off the one-&-only medication she was
on before she got here. So she chose to do that first off. The Health
Seeker cannot safely fast while on medications. When a guest wants to go
off medications, I always use my Green Drink Recipe: 1 quart a day of
celery and cucumber juice VITAMIXED with 10 huge green grapes to give
the drink a mildly sweet flavor and a very few nuts to give the drink a
mildly creamy consistency and a pleasing nutty flavor. And, of course,
this is to be enjoyed throughout the day along with at least 1 quart of
distilled water.)
PATTY CONTINUES: I was off the high blood pressure pills in 4 days. And
my blood pressure normalized to below what it had been while on the
pill! AMAZING! The second reason I had been on this medication was to
even out an irregular heart beat. These moments of worrisome
irregularity would come very frequently and would last up to hours.
These episodes always left me light-headed and took my breath away! They
were scary. But here, while on Victoria's Green Cocktail, I had such an
episode only 3 times after stopping the medication! And these 3
episodes lasted only minutes, instead of up to hours! Already, in just a
few days, I was better on Victoria's Green Drink and off the medication
than I had been for years on just the medication.
Then began the FUN/SERIOUS part of my journey -- FASTING ON WATER-ONLY
FOR 13 DAYS! (The previous 4 days on the Green Cocktail, Victoria
explained, was not a juice fast. It was "The Juice Diet." But it was
fasting to me! During these 3 weeks, there were MANY UPS AND DOWNS --
MUCH DETOXING! Twila and Diane also had eventful fasts with detoxing
symptoms: headaches, being so tired, light-headedness, nausea, and
faster's acid reflux, to name a few. Victoria took all our daily reports
in stride and called them: "WONDERFUL! JUST WHAT WE WANT TO HAPPEN --
PROOF YOU ARE GETTING WELL!" Each of us 3 had different disease
concerns. That is when the body, once "the fasting switch" has been
turned on, works to get rid of the toxins that got us the disease
symptoms that got us to Victoria's in the first place and begins the
healing. Victoria explained: "Your 75,000,000,000,000 cells are all at
work to get you AS GOOD AS IT GETS! Some systems are on full or
partial vacation: cardiovascular, digestive, reproductive, muscular,
glandular, and skeletal. Other systems are working overtime: immune,
skin, excretory, and respiratory. And your nervous system? It is both on
vacation gathering up enough energy to do intense work detoxing; and at
times, it is working overtime directing all the new detox and healing
activities! IT'S WONDERFUL! IT'S MARVELOUS!"
I came to Our Hygiene Homestead more totally and completely exhausted
than I had ever been in my life. I had just about used up my energy
reserves to the point of a possibly dangerous episode. I was worn out.
So Victoria and I worked on sorting out The Energy Robbers in my life at
home and worked to figure out how to change things to restore,
conserve, and spend my energy supplies wisely. Before showing up here, I
knew I needed to be taking better care of myself. But I just wouldn't
slow down from my work, my family, my friends, and my church activities
enough to avoid getting chronically fatigued. I am a 63-year-old nurse
who, by rights, should have known better! Friends and family had been
voicing that I was working myself to death and wanted me to stop and
think about what I needed. I knew all this. But not until I came here
for, as Victoria calls it -- "THE TIME-OUT NATURE CURE" -- and not until
my body started going through the ugliness of detox and exhaustion did I
realize just exactly how sick and tired I had become. I had let myself
go up to 235 pounds.
While here, I lost 25 pounds. I learned that The Energy Enhancers could
get me well so I could stay well. Or The Energy Robbers could put me
into an early grave. Indulging my body just because I do not care and
want a pleasure-taste-escape-treat is an act of total disregard for my
body and for my life and for the well-being of others who look to me for
ongoing support! And for me, doing so goes against God's Law of Health
for his Holy Temple. God gave us the best diet to follow in Genesis 1:29
so we would not have to be inflicted with disease and die of ignorance.
I learned here to be conscious of when I go to take a bite of
something. I ask myself: "AM I GENUINELY HUNGRY?" Victoria kept
reminding us: "Natural Hygiene teaches us to only eat when there is
genuine hunger. After learning the definition of "genuine hunger," Diane
and Twila and I had to ask: "Have we ever been genuinely hungry in our
lives?" Probably not. So I needed to learn to ask myself before eating:
"Am I really hungry? With this bite, am I glorifying my body temple
where I want my Jesus to live?"
Breaking the fast was not what I expected. You know how you can be off
your Emotional Balance and you can look forward to a special dinner so
you save all your calories for a few days so you can pig-out? After
taking juices and fresh live-foods in moderate amounts for 4 days now, I
am not that way at all. I have dropped the pig-out mentality
altogether. While Diane and Twila and I chatted up in The Critters'
Forest, Victoria was preparing our "Break-Fast Beverage-Tasting
Party!" We waited in yummy anticipation! The beautifully displayed array
of 6 flavors in little, fancy cocktail glasses with little, fancy
garnishes of celery, blueberries, and raspberries took us a good hour --
with much exclaiming and storytelling and laughing -- to enjoy! FUN! But
the watermelon on the second day of break-fasting was the most
delightful bite of fruit I have ever tasted! It was a variety of melons
for the entire day!
But I had just the mouth-watering, sweet watermelon.
Then came 2 days of whole-food, live-food meals. We were not staying
long enough to have any recipes. Victoria explained: "Your body is not
ready for recipes right after a fast. I have seen guests get nauseous,
get diarrhea, get constipated, and get upset with me for serving recipes
too soon. This just proves that digestionwise, recipe-meals are
inferior to whole-food meals. But just try to tell that to the raw food
recipe writers and all those Health Seekers hooked on recipes! Guests
from The Raw Food Movement come here who have to learn to actually enjoy
a whole-food meal! And they are amazed when whole, raw foods, washed
and presented prettily on the plate, delight them and satisfy them
totally! They are so happy to imagine throwing away all that recipe
preparation time for most meals and to save the recipes for special
occasions!" We had watermelon for breakfast. And Victoria filled the
fridge with the most gorgeous and delicious of organic vegetables and
fruits! The colors were brilliant in all God's glory! And so was the
taste! Strangely enough, I found that my stomach was not ready for very
much food. BUT THAT WAS A VERY HAPPY THING FOR ME BECAUSE I HAD BEEN AN
OVER-EATER MOST OF MY LIFE!
These 3 weeks have been at times a very hard experience. BUT IT HAS BEEN
ALSO VERY REWARDING
AND MUCH MORE HELP FOR GETTING "AS GOOD AS IT GETS"
THAN I EVER EXPECTED!
E-MAIL FROM PATTY A WEEK LATER... I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU, VICTORIA!!!
You will remain in my prayers always. WONDERFUL!!! MARVELOUS!!! You
have helped me to learn to have FUN! FUN!! FUN!!! TO LOOK FOR THE HIGH
JOY IN LIFE! I have always wanted to be joyful. AND NOW I AM! Like I
said... WHAT AN ADVENTURE AWAITS THE PERSON WHO LOVES THE LORD!!
ANOTHER E-MAIL LATER YET... Victoria, just got up from my nap... feels
so good to be more rested!! I work at getting rest every day. Getting
extra Rest & Sleep -- Energy Enhancers #4 -- has to be a priority for
me, or I will just ignore it like I did before.
There are many reasons I feel that the time spent at Our Hygiene
Homestead is forever a life-changing experience. For me, it was the
spiritual revelation that every bite of food I put in my mouth either
honors God's temple, my body. Or it causes Him pain because ultimately
it will cause poor health or poor health concerns that lead to a
diminished capacity to serve God and glorify Him -- and finally, that
lead to an early death. Eating wrong amounts and wrong foods both
decreases the mind's capability to be clear, open, and receptive to the
leading of the Holy Spirit. So why would we continue to indulge our
selfish desires of appetite instead of listen to and respond to His
promptings for good health? It makes no sense to be so selfishly
indulgent. It then becomes all about what I want and not all about what
God wants for me. He wants every one of His children to be well and
happy, to be in good health always. He gave us a way to do that with
providing for us Energy Enhancer #5 -- The Genesis 1:29 Diet and, of
course, by providing the other 9 of The 10 Energy Enhancers.
Because of this conviction, I AM A CONSECRATED AND CONVERTED WOMAN! That
means I am changed by His Grace to live by His power to respect and
honor the temple in which I want Him to abide!! I still have a choice
every day, over and over throughout the day. But each choice, each
decision grows easier and easier with every right choice I make. We have
an amazing God that loves us so much that He gives each of us a free
will to choose life or death. (Interesting that Victoria's Guesthouse
website starts with the words: "CHOOSE LIFE!") It took me 63 years to
finally GET IT... I'm so glad God is sooooo patient and never gives up
on us!!
Since I have been home, I have continued to eat raw. And with each day, I
grow stronger in more ways than one. My co-workers and friends and
family had not been aware I was going off to "a fasting retreat." All I
told them was I was going to "a health retreat." Of course, when I got
back, many asked all about what I had done while I was there. It was
hard for people to grasp that it was about fasting and cleansing and a
time to allow the body to start healing itself. The weight loss of 25
pounds is what they could visibly see. But they had no idea or
understanding of the body's capabilities to heal itself. In time, now
that I have returned, my lifestyle and example will speak volumes. I'm
excited to be a living example of what God can and will do and wants to
do when you let Him. JUST... ASK HIM... "AND YE SHALL RECEIVE."
I am learning to stand up for myself when it comes to taking care of my
mental and physical health. I have always been a giver to those
dependent on me... to my own detriment. That's called "co-dependency." I
am learning to step back from my children and let them come to me.
Silence doesn't come easy for me, but seeing the results of it is
amazing!! It doesn't mean you stop loving or caring. It just means you
are "Letting go an letting God!!!"
What I am working the hardest on for my well-being is getting enough
rest and sleep and not over-expending my recently renewed Nerve Energy
supplies by taking on too much at work, at home, at church, and with
family and friends. I am working at setting boundaries in all these
spheres. The hardest boundary to set is for myself, learning to not put
too much on my plate and stepping back so I do not overdo. I want to
serve, I have to work, I love to have fun, and I am trying to find the
balance with God's help. I just have to listen and comply as needed.
It may look like I am not as tough as our Mountain Woman Leader. She has
mastered how to have "FUN! FUN! FUN! with just about everything she
does, every minute she is awake. We had many talks at The Wilderness
House about my being too tired to have FUN! -- let alone to have "FUN!
FUN! FUN!" When I left Victoria's Retreat, I announced: "I AM GOING TO
LEARN HOW TO FIND FUN IN EVERYTHING I DO, TOO!" I may do it in a
different style than our Fearless Wilderness Woman. But that's what's so
cool about this adventure! WE ALL GET TO BE TRAILBLAZERS! We will learn
to blaze our own trails to success with the tools we found at The
Wilderness Mountain Homestead. Diane and Twila and I will acknowledge
our personal desires. But following, listening, and obeying God's laws
of health -- those are the ultimate tools! WHAT A RIDE TO HAVE TAKEN WITH
VICTORIA! WHAT AN ADVENTURE AWAITS US AS WE GO HOME TO LIVE AND LEARN
WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED AND TO KEEP LEARNING MORE!!! So many blessings to
come!
One of Victoria's Favorite Combinations for Departing Guests:
With God -- All Things Are Possible!
Faith without Works Is Dead!
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Enjoy 2 picture tours & a 23-minute movie!
See The HighJoy Horse Dancing Up to the Camera!
See the beautiful, big Bellaire Bus in Burlington!
See Shots on the Fire Station Mural of The Concrete Area!
Deer livefoodfactorfriends!
In January, I had knee-joint replacement surgery.
Could not up & get around until March.
Since March, have had guests nonstop.
BUT NOW? THE GUESTHOUSE SITS EMPTY!
Make me an offer to come & stay this fall.. DIRT-CHEAP!
OCTOBER ONWARD HAS OPENINGS.
Give me a call to discuss
your LIFE-CHANGING visit!
I am... (360) 853 - 7048.
Your Wilderness Woman with The HighJoy Horse!
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